Dazzling Dazzle Schemes for Ships of All Sizes!

[kitbasher]

Cheers Kit.  I realised after posting it was a bit of an unfair question - you did make it plain you built it ages ago!

And oh yes, rivetarama!

[Dizzyfugu]

I'll throw in this...


Macross +++ 1:100 Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1J+ (Block 4 Update) Valkyrie; "ZA 248" of the U.N.S. Air Force SVFT-685 "Gyrfalcons" aggressor squadron; New Edwards Air Base, Eden; 2027 (modified ARII kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


Macross +++ 1:100 Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1J+ (Block 4 Update) Valkyrie; "ZA 248" of the U.N.S. Air Force SVFT-685 "Gyrfalcons" aggressor squadron; New Edwards Air Base, Eden; 2027 (modified ARII kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


Macross +++ 1:100 Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1J+ (Block 4 Update) Valkyrie; "ZA 248" of the U.N.S. Air Force SVFT-685 "Gyrfalcons" aggressor squadron; New Edwards Air Base, Eden; 2027 (modified ARII kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


Macross +++ 1:100 Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1J+ (Block 4 Update) Valkyrie; "ZA 248" of the U.N.S. Air Force SVFT-685 "Gyrfalcons" aggressor squadron; New Edwards Air Base, Eden; 2027 (modified ARII kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

More of a design exercise, but it's still quite confusing when you only get a quick glance at it because orientation and direction might be hard to discern.

[Rick Lowe]

it's still quite confusing when you only get a quick glance at it because orientation and direction might be hard to discern.

The whole point of camouflage. 

[Dizzyfugu]

it's still quite confusing when you only get a quick glance at it because orientation and direction might be hard to discern.

The whole point of camouflage. 

Yeah, but it does not conceal or blur the outlines, what cammo is rather supposed to achieve. Dazzle is primarily intended to confuse the onlooker.

[Rick Lowe]

it's still quite confusing when you only get a quick glance at it because orientation and direction might be hard to discern.

The whole point of camouflage. 

Yeah, but it does not conceal or blur the outlines, what cammo is rather supposed to achieve. Dazzle is primarily intended to confuse the onlooker.

Still works as intended. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes!    Confusion and concealment against the background do not preclude each other, exemplified e.g. through the USAF/USN's Hether/Ferris schemes; I also built a VF-1 in such a guise, a USN F-4S was the benchmark; color are authentic, but their contrast and the resulting potential confusion effect is rather weak:


Macross +++ 1:100 Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1D "Valkyrie"; aircraft "BA 211" of the U.N. Spacy SVF-303 (Reserve) "Hotspurs", Miramar Air Base (California, USA),  2011 (ARII kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


Macross +++ 1:100 Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1D "Valkyrie"; aircraft "BA 211" of the U.N. Spacy SVF-303 (Reserve) "Hotspurs", Miramar Air Base (California, USA),  2011 (ARII kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[Old Wombat]

The RN worked out that no camouflage works in all sea conditions, weathers or time of day, so breaking up the outline in such a way that made it difficult to assess the size, direction, speed & range of the ship was the better way to go.

With warships they still tended to keep it to, generally, "sea" type colours but merchantmen got some pretty outlandish schemes.